The Powerful Benefits of Working With a Recruitment Agency

The world of recruitment agencies can appear obscure to those who’ve never dipped their toes in. From industry terminology to the purpose of these agencies themselves it can be easy for an outside perspective to overlook the great potential of working with a recruitment agency. 

“Talent acquisition specialists”, “recruiters”, “head-hunters”… Many will ask the question why would I pay for this service when I can simply hire or job hunt on my own? 

In reality, there’s a myriad of benefits to working with a recruitment agency that you’d be irked to hear you’re missing out on — whether you’re an organization looking to hire or you’re the one searching for a job.

The Role of Recruitment Agencies

Before you commit to working with a recruitment agency, it’s likely that you’ll want to understand the exact role they play. 

The Business Directory definition of a recruiter is ‘An individual who works to fill job openings in businesses or organizations. Recruiters will work from resumes or by actively soliciting individuals qualified for positions. A recruiter’s job includes reviewing a candidate’s job experiences, negotiating salaries, and placing candidates in agreeable employment positions. Recruiters typically receive a fee from the hiring employers.’

A recruitment agency as a whole is typically amassed of various individual recruiters. Recruitment agencies collect large databases of job candidates and work to pair the perfect candidates with open positions within the organizations in which they work beside.

Cast a Wider Net by Working with a Recruiting Agency

Whether you’re a job candidate or an employer looking to hire, there’s no debating the fact that your reach expands exponentially by working with a recruiting agency. 

Employers: Recruiting Agencies Can Reach Your Prime Candidates

Yes, there are countless online and public job boards, social media and your organization’s website to post your open positions on. But are you reaching directly out to the ideal job candidate by doing so or are you leaving yourself inundated with hundreds of resumes that don’t fit the bill?

Recruiters have their hands directly in the pool of job candidates. It’s a recruiter’s job to maintain a network of quality candidates that have been vetted for various positions. Not to mention that recruitment agencies have access to complex candidate databases that you, as an employer, can’t access. 

Recruiting agencies take your job listings into their own hands. They assure that your open positions are posted in all the right places — you don’t have to worry about it. Beyond that, they will reach out to their vast network of qualified professionals to share the opportunities with your organization.

Recruiters Have Access to the Perfect Candidate… Who Isn’t Actively Job Hunting

Beside the complex databases, job market intelligence and job boards, recruiters often have knowledge of talented professionals who may not actively be searching for a job. 

Recruiters know how to reach these ‘passive talents’ and, if they find that this individual would excel within your organization, will reach out to them and be ready to negotiate. Recruiters can often incentivise your open position with these top talents in a way that leaves them ready to make a move. 

Recruiters Hold the Key to the Jobs You’re Hunting 

As a candidate scouring job boards, you likely already know that looking for a full time job is a full time job in itself. It can be disheartening and straight up exhausting to search job boards, apply, refine your resume, apply some more, and be met with silence. 

Fortunately, you have other options. 

The benefits you gain as a client working with a recruitment agency are astronomical. Recruiters take the time to get to know you. They understand your soft skills and hard skills, past experience, and behavior. Recruiters use this knowledge to dive into their network of organizations and open positions and find the right fit.

On average, a single job posting receives 250 applicants. Furthermore, this outpouring of applications can begin within only 5 minutes of the job being posted! Want a leg up on this fierce competition? Work with a recruiting agency.

Recruiters have the connections and ability to bypass much of this white noise and get straight through to the hiring organization. If a recruiter finds that you’d be a solid fit they have the ability to vouch for you and bring your resume to the top of that stack of 200 applicants. 

Access Job Opportunities Not Available to the Public

As if the above wasn’t reason enough to join forces with a recruitment agency on your next job hunt, we’re going to key you in on a bit of an industry secret. 

Organizations with complex hiring processes often work with either in-house recruiters or hire recruitment agencies to fill their highly desired positions. This means that, at times, these organizations will work with recruiters to try and fill positions before they ever have to open them up to the public.   

By working with a recruitment agency you may gain access to positions that the public will never know existed.

Save Time, Money and Manpower by Hiring Through a Recruitment Agency

Time is money. Anyone who is in business knows that this old adage stands true.

For every new hire a business brings on, it’s costing thousands of dollars. From the time and effort that hiring takes from upper level management to the budget that goes into training. 

The goal is to keep this process as swift and seamless as possible. And, ultimately, to bring on a new hire that’s, not only on par with the job qualifications, but who sticks around for the long haul. 

Recruitment Agencies Take on the Legwork of the Hiring Process

As an organization, if you hired a recruiting agency thinking they’re just going to email you a list of potential candidates, you’re getting far more than you bargained for. That’s one of the benefits! 

Recruiters work with your organization to understand the company culture and complex specifications of each position. They then will oftentimes take the hiring process into their own hands presenting you with: 

• Only heavily vetted candidates who are ready to excel within your organization — having already screened out “unqualified” applicants based on skills, behaviorisms and various other factors.
• A “ready to go” network of qualified professionals at your fingertips within only 1-3 days. 
• A mediator throughout the hiring process. A recruiter will handle tough negotiations (such as salary requirements) between the hiring organization and qualified candidates.
• The best of the best candidates of whom your recruiter has already interviewed for the position you need filled. 

As of August 2020 the national average amount of time taken to fill an open position was 42 days. Recruitment agencies have goals in place for the time it takes them to fill a position. On average, hiring a recruitment agency will cut the time it takes to fill your open positions in half. 

Assuring New Hire Retention: Another Benefit of Hiring a Recruitment Agency

Hiring is only half the battle. Once you’ve hired a quality candidate the goal is to keep them around. The good news is that a recruitment agency’s job is not done once the position is filled. 

Recruiters who had a hand in hiring a candidate will stick around to assure that each new hire is assimilating seamlessly into their new position with your company. Recruiters check in regularly with the client organization and the candidate to assure that both parties have their needs met. 

In many cases a recruiter’s compensation is dependent on whether or not the new hire they bring on sticks around throughout a probation period or a set number of months. As the hiring organization you can rest assured that you won’t be hiring again for this position any time soon. 

Whether Client or Candidate Recruitment Agencies Put the Customer First

Recruitment agencies are service providers. When you’re in the business of service the customer always comes first. While it’s true that the company is the paying customer in this scenario, it’s in everyone’s best interest that the recruiter excels in meeting the needs of both the client and candidates. 

Expect the Best When Hiring a Recruitment Agency

The sole purpose of a recruitment agency is to assess your company’s specific staffing needs and assure that they are met. Recruitment agencies benefit you by offering ease of service and a verifiable quality of outcome. You can expect: 

• Consistent, clear, and concise communication from the recruiters you work with. 
• The ability to check in at any time in the hiring process and remain as hands on (or hands off) as you prefer. 
• Recruiters to present your company with integrity in a professional manner that demonstrates the core values of your organization. 
• When you work with a recruitment agency they become an extension of your organization.

Exemplarily Customer Service for Both Clients and Candidates

As a candidate, choosing to work with a recruiting agency to secure your dream job is a win-win. We’re serious. In most cases the service is free to candidates! What’ve you got to lose? 

The value you stand to gain as a candidate from working with a recruitment agency is exponential. The recruiters you work with will:

• Review your resume and give you tips and ideas on how to optimize it.
• Help you stand out in interviews by preparing you with information such as which questions might be asked in a particular interview.
• Vouch for your name if they see that you’d be an excellent fit for a position.
• Contact you and keep you in the know when coming across positions that you’d fit well in. 
• Remain a consistent line of communication between you and the organizations you’ve applied with so that you’re never left in the dark wondering what step to take next. 

Whether you’re a client or candidate the recruiters you work with are standing in your corner and looking out for your best interest. 

Recruitment Agencies: A Game Changing Tool That Many Overlook

Recruitment services offer endless benefits and opportunities. From small corporations to huge organizations and candidates with all levels of experience — there’s a recruitment agency to fit your needs. 

Keep this in mind when researching the recruitment agency that best suits you. Does this agency specialize in your industry? Is the agency local or nation wide? Do they hire for temp jobs or do they focus on filling permanent positions? 

Do your research and find an agency that fits your needs like a glove.

HireUp is a recruiting agency that focuses on elevating organizations in healthcare, software engineering and professional services by discovering stellar talent that will grow with your company for the long run. 

If you see the immense benefit in partnering with a recruiting agency, whether you’re an organization or a candidate, click to our contact page and fill out the form. We’ll contact you shortly to take the first steps in leveling up your staffing or career by scheduling a no obligation, free Discovery Call.